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H.R. 10411

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To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments, and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · September 16, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced
September 16, 2026
Cosponsors (1)
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This bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make farmland eligible for prevented planting insurance payments when farmers cannot plant crops due to insufficient irrigation water. To qualify, farmers must meet several conditions, including that they have functional irrigation infrastructure, have irrigated the same acreage in at least one of the previous four years, planted the same crop previously, and that the land cannot support dryland farming for that crop. The bill includes payment reductions for acreage that remains unplanted for consecutive years, reducing payments by 50 percent in years five through eight, 75 percent in years nine and ten, and eliminating payments entirely after year ten. The legislation also requires the Department of Agriculture to update its regulations to clarify that drought conditions at irrigation water sources qualify as drought-related reasons for prevented planting eligibility, and to involve local Farm Service Agency committees in determining natural disaster impacts on water availability. The bill was introduced by Colorado representatives and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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